Psalms 38:20
who render me evil for good, and oppose me, because I make good my goal.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
In Context
19My wanton assailants are strong, those who wrongfully hate me are many,
21Do not forsake me, O Lord; my God, be not far from me.
Cross References
Psalms 25:19look on my foes oh, so many! And their cruel hatred towards me.
Psalms 35:19Suffer not those to rejoice over me who are falsely my foes, suffer not those who without cause abhor me to wink with the eye.
Psalms 142:7Free me from prison, that I may give thanks to your name, for the righteous are patiently waiting till you show your bounty to me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:13-22
Sorrowful Complaints. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord , do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves… Read the whole commentary →